“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.”
That was the James Dean quote on display on the second floor, between classrooms 1221 and 1229, in the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies preserved the crime scene of the massacre on Feb. 14, 2018, so that jurors and a small group of reporters could observe it on Thursday.
Nikolas Cruz waived his right to visit the building where he used an AR-15 rifle to turn Valentine’s Day into a day full of so much terror
Not one classroom had as many students murdered and wounded as classroom 1216. It was where Dara Hass taught English. A blue folder marked with slain 14-year-old student Alaina Petty’s name was on a desk.
There was a large blood stain between Hass’s desk and a wall full of bullet holes. Near where Alyssa Alhadeff died, there was a handwritten essay about Malala Yousafzai, “the girl who wanted to go to school.”
The student author wrote about the Pakistani activist: “A bullet went straight to her head but not her brain” and “In conclusion, we the people should have freedom for education.”
In classroom 1214, blood splattered on two books — “Tell Them We Remember” by Susan Bachrach and “Listen to the Wind” by Greg Mortenson.
Someone wrote “#TogetherWeRemember” and iWitness accounts on the room’s whiteboard. It was likely Ivy Schamis, who was teaching Holocaust Studies when Cruz shot and killed 17-year-old seniors Nicholas Dworet and Helena Ramsay.
A 2017-2018 school year planner was on the floor. There were two yellowed The Sun Sentinel newspapers on the table. There was a water bottle on a desk. There were laptops still open and headphones. There were bullet markings.
In the teacher’s lounge, a window pane with a view of the school’s 1300 building has four bullet holes. Another window pane overlooking the courtyard and the parking lot also had a bullet hole. These overlook the courtyard and a parking lot where students were fleeing.
There was a poster with a message for teachers: “Typical or Troubled? NOTICE: Notice if you are seeing troubling signs in a student. TALK: Talk with the student. ACT: Share observations with school mental health staff. Changing a life’s course.” It also had phone numbers for social work and counseling
This is a developing story.
Watch the 5 p.m. report
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies preserved the crime scene where Cruz shot 34 people — killing 17 and injuring 17 others — so well it looked like time had stopped since the tragedy.
Watch the 4 p.m. report
Roses that had been brought to honor love on that Valentine’s Day in 2018 lay withered, their dried and cracked petals scattered across classroom floors still smeared with the blood of victims gunned down by a former student more than four years earlier. (AP)
Watch the 3 p.m. report
Roses that had been brought to honor love on that Valentine’s Day in 2018 lay withered, their dried and cracked petals scattered across classroom floors still smeared with the blood of victims gunned down by a former student more than four years earlier.
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That was the James Dean quote on display on the second floor, between classrooms 1221 and 1229, in the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies preserved the crime scene of the massacre on Feb. 14, 2018, so that jurors and a small group of reporters could observe it on Thursday.
Nikolas Cruz waived his right to visit the building where he used an AR-15 rifle to turn Valentine’s Day into a day full of so much terror
Not one classroom had as many students murdered and wounded as classroom 1216. It was where Dara Hass taught English. A blue folder marked with slain 14-year-old student Alaina Petty’s name was on a desk.
There was a large blood stain between Hass’s desk and a wall full of bullet holes. Near where Alyssa Alhadeff died, there was a handwritten essay about Malala Yousafzai, “the girl who wanted to go to school.”
The student author wrote about the Pakistani activist: “A bullet went straight to her head but not her brain” and “In conclusion, we the people should have freedom for education.”
In classroom 1214, blood splattered on two books — “Tell Them We Remember” by Susan Bachrach and “Listen to the Wind” by Greg Mortenson.
Someone wrote “#TogetherWeRemember” and iWitness accounts on the room’s whiteboard. It was likely Ivy Schamis, who was teaching Holocaust Studies when Cruz shot and killed 17-year-old seniors Nicholas Dworet and Helena Ramsay.
A 2017-2018 school year planner was on the floor. There were two yellowed The Sun Sentinel newspapers on the table. There was a water bottle on a desk. There were laptops still open and headphones. There were bullet markings.
In the teacher’s lounge, a window pane with a view of the school’s 1300 building has four bullet holes. Another window pane overlooking the courtyard and the parking lot also had a bullet hole. These overlook the courtyard and a parking lot where students were fleeing.
There was a poster with a message for teachers: “Typical or Troubled? NOTICE: Notice if you are seeing troubling signs in a student. TALK: Talk with the student. ACT: Share observations with school mental health staff. Changing a life’s course.” It also had phone numbers for social work and counseling
This is a developing story.
Watch the 5 p.m. report
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies preserved the crime scene where Cruz shot 34 people — killing 17 and injuring 17 others — so well it looked like time had stopped since the tragedy.
Watch the 4 p.m. report
Roses that had been brought to honor love on that Valentine’s Day in 2018 lay withered, their dried and cracked petals scattered across classroom floors still smeared with the blood of victims gunned down by a former student more than four years earlier. (AP)
Watch the 3 p.m. report
Roses that had been brought to honor love on that Valentine’s Day in 2018 lay withered, their dried and cracked petals scattered across classroom floors still smeared with the blood of victims gunned down by a former student more than four years earlier.
Continue reading...
